Terence McCann Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Studying for the Extra Class Amature Radio License and an a lot of it is electrical principals followed by electronic circuits and components. It's a lot of fun actually. Anyway in the ARRL (American Radio Relay League) 2010 Handbook, Comprehensive RF Engineering Reference, there was a bit of trivia that I thought might interest some here. Unit -- Measures -- Named For Ampere -- Current -- Andree Ampere 1775-1836 Coulomb -- Charge -- Charles Coulomb 1736-1806 Farad -- Capacitance -- Michael Faraday 1791-1867 Henry -- Inductance -- Joseph Henry 1797-1878 Hertz -- Frequency -- Heinrich Hertz 1857-1894 Ohm -- Resistance -- George Simon Ohm 1787-1854 Watt -- Power -- James Watt 1736-1819 Volt -- Voltage -- Alessandro Volta 1745-1828 Now you're ready for Jepordy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erby Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 Better question is WHY each one was named after that person??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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